III.

Scope and Sequence

1 2 3 4
What’s the Weather
A Trip to the Reef Amazing Facts Once Upon a Time
Like?
Communicative Functions
• Identifying and describing • Identifying and describing • Talking about the weather • Expressing existence in the
animals places (landmarks) • Talking about what to wear past
• Making comparisons and • Making comparisons and according to the weather • Talking about past events
expressing degrees of expressing degrees of (simple narratives)
difference difference
Vocabulary
• Marine animals: clownfish, • Landforms: lake, river, volcano, • Weather: windy, cloudy, rainy, • Fantastic characters and
dolphin, whale, shark, octopus, mount, ocean, island, desert, snowy, sunny, cold, warm, hot places: princess, prince, frog,
sea turtle, seahorse, ray, waterfall • Months of the year witch, dwarf, ogre, elf, dragon,
starfish, jellyfish, otter, penguin, • Short and long adjectives fairy, wizard, piper, mice,
• Seasons
chimaera, piranha, seal, coral, (II): long, high, deep, big, mermaid, cat, king, queen,
flatworm, sea urchin, shrimp, • Clothing items and stepmother, stepsister, wolf,
dry, strange, cold, hot, short,
squid accessories: hat, skirt, T-shirt, giant, castle, tower, lake, forest,
nice, scary, magical, active,
boots, pants, shorts, coat, tree trunk, cave, ocean
• Short and long adjectives (I): remote, beautiful, dangerous,
gloves, scarf, sunglasses, cap,
small, heavy, fast, big, slow, mysterious • Adjectives: beautiful,
umbrella, sweater, jacket,
light, long, short, warm, clean, Expressions charming, evil, mean, rude,
sneakers, flip-flops, wool cap,
close, rich, cold, ugly, social, grumpy, clumsy, nice, peaceful,
• I’m over the moon! / I’m so blouse, shirt, dress
colorful, healthy, beautiful, phony, honest, kind, weak,
happy! Expressions
dangerous brave, cowardly, good, gentle
• It’s around / about 3,300 m. • It pours!
Expressions Expressions
• They rock! • I wonder… • Once upon a time… / Once
• I’m curious about… there was… / A long time
ago… / Long, long ago…
• Can’t get enough...
Grammar Focus
• Look like: A shark looks like • Use of adjectives: Argentino • Verb to be in the present: • There was / There were:
a torpedo. Jellyfish look like and Xolotlán are deep lakes. What’s the weather like? It’s hot There was a frog. There were
umbrellas. They’re deep. and sunny. two small mice. There wasn’t
• Comparatives: A clownfish is • How + adjective: How big is • Simple Present: I love cold and a dragon. There weren’t any
smaller than a whale. Dolphins Pitcairn Island? rainy days. What do people flowers. Was there an elf in the
are bigger than starfish. Are wear on windy days? They tale? Were there any fairies?
• Superlatives: Villarrica is the
starfish slower than dolphins? most active volcano in Chile. wear coats, sweaters, scarves, • Wh-questions (past): Who
Is Mount Fuji the most active and gloves. were in the tree trunks? Where
volcano in Japan? What’s the were the dwarfs?
biggest island in the world?
Listening and Speaking + Pronunciation
• Endangered marine animals • Our planet vs. our solar • Expressions to describe the • Fairy tales
• -er ending system weather and temperature • /f/: fun, huff, triumph, laugh
• Short and long u: up, fun, • /θ/ - /ð/: think, month, this,
huge, cube weather
Reading and Writing
• CLIL – Science: sea • CLIL – Math: depth, length, • CLIL – Science: climate zones • CLIL – Art: fairy tale creatures
animals (vertebrates and height • Joining sentences using so • Creating and describing
invertebrates) • Writing about a landform unusual fairy tale characters
• Describing an animal
Project + Cutout
• Sea animal cards • Superlative places • The weather wheel • A new fairy tale

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Days to Remember
• Talking about past events and • Talking about future plans or • Talking about near future
completed actions in the past intentions
• Regular verbs: played,
watched, cooked, visited,
stayed, traveled, tried, loved,
wanted, worked, created,
sculpted
• Irregular verbs: rode, took,
read, went, saw, swam,
learned, ate, came, had, made,
lit
Expressions
• Travel abroad
• Off the beaten track
• Get rid of
• At the crack of dawn
• Out of this world
• Simple Past: I usually go to
the park, but last week I went
to the beach. Did she go on
a school trip? Where did he
travel? When did she travel?
Who did you go with? What
did they do?
• Travel experiences
• Short and long i: rid, lick, ride,
like
• CLIL – Art: public art
• Writing about public art and
giving an opinion
• My last vacation
7 8
Diverse Celebrations Special Places In the Best of Health!
Communicative Functions
• Talking about one’s health
arrangements • Asking for and giving advice
and recommendations
Vocabulary
• Holidays and celebrations: • Places: music academy, • Sensations: cold, sick, sleepy,
Halloween, Christmas, museum, library, tech club, thirsty, tired, hungry
Independence Day, New Year’s dance academy, park, cinema, • Symptoms and injuries:
Eve, Holi, Cheung Chau Bun home, mall headache, stomachache,
Festival, Gilroy Garlic Festival,
• Free time activities: play (a toothache, backache, earache,
Wind and Kite Festival sport), take a (dance, piano, tired, weak, dehydrated,
• Activities: display the flag, cooking) lesson, read, see an nauseous, fever, bruise, scrape
go to a parade, travel, give exhibition, visit a museum, • Treatments and
presents, have / prepare a make a toy robot, go to the recommendations
special dinner, watch fireworks, park, watch (a movie, a TV
Expressions
wear costumes, make cards show), listen to music, help
• A little sick
and crafts, buy presents, have a with chores, walk the dog, play
party, decorate, trick-or-treat video games • Really sick
Expressions Expressions • Brand new
• Have a taste for • Sure! / Definitely! / You bet! / • Fit as a fiddle / In good shape
• Have a taste of I’m in! / The picture of health / Right
as rain
• Cook off
• Sick as a dog / Green around
the gills / Pale as a ghost /
Under the weather
Grammar Focus
• Going to: He’s going to display • The future with the Present • Should / Shouldn’t: You
the flag. She’s not going to Progressive: I’m playing soccer should swim to get warm. You
wear costumes. Are you going after school. Is she taking a shouldn’t stay in the water too
to prepare a special dinner? cooking lesson after school? long. What should I do?
Wh-questions: what, when, What are you doing tomorrow • Imperatives: Have some
where, who (with) morning? What time? Who chicken broth. Don’t take any
with? Where? pills without adult supervision.
Listening and Speaking + Pronunciation
• Unique celebrations around • Libraries and museums • Different expressions to talk
the world around the world about health
• Long a and long i: make, cake, • /tʃ/ - /ʃ/: charming, children, • Short and long o: cot, sock,
fly, kite shop, show coat, soak
Reading and Writing
• CLIL – Math: strategies to • CLIL – Social Studies: types • CLIL – Science: healthy and
solve problems of communities (urban, unhealthy habits
• Solving a math problem suburban, rural) • Completing an ad to promote
• Completing a registration a healthy lifestyle
form to join a swap club
Project + Cutout
• Creating holidays • Weekly planner • Survey on healthy habits
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